29 Jun 2023, 07:26 by stu.lists@spacehopper.org:
> On 2023-06-28, Rachel Roch <rroch@tutanota.de> wrote:
>
>> Sadly the other side of the link is beyond my control, different company. I'll certainly ask if they can turn on autonegotiation.
>>
>
> autonegotiation isn't really a thing with fibre.
>
> "media autoselect" (i.e. the default) on fibre nics on OpenBSD isn't the
> same thing as autonegotiation on copper. if you already get link, there
> is probably no more to be done on your side.
>
Except the problem here is I'm not getting link ("status: no carrier"). Physical cabling is confirmed and light presence has been confirmed independently on both sides. Which is why my mind was wandering towards autonegotiation.
>
> not being able to force media might prevent talking at 1G with a 10G
> SFP+, but that's usually easiest solved by using a 1G SFP in the SFP+
> slot instead.
>
> accessing stats from DOM (ifconfig ixl sff) probably requires chasing
> API changes in the NIC firmware - those are running much newer firmware
> than my working ixl(4) cards:
>
> ixl3 at pci1 dev 0 function 3 "Intel X710 SFP+" rev 0x02: port 1, FW 6.80.48603 API 1.7, msix, 2 queues, address f8:f2:1e:...
>
I see, thanks.
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